Hear, O Heavens and Listen, O Earth: An Introduction to the ProphetsLiturgical Press, 2006 - 323 páginas 2007 Catholic Press Association Award Winner! In Hear, O Heavens and Listen, O Earth, Joan E. Cook guides students of theology, Scripture, and ministry in reading the prophetic books according to the current methodologies for biblical study. She encourages readers to apply the messages of the prophets to contemporary religious and social concerns. Cook focuses on how to read the Old Testament books of the prophets and addresses the pastoral implications. The study proceeds chronologically and biblical quotations and references are based on the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Cook encourages students to engage the biblical text and suggests points for reflection and questions for thought and action based on each of the prophetic books. Chapters are Introductory Topics, The Early Prophets, The Eighth Century Prophets in the Northern Kingdom, The Seventh Century Prophets Zephaniah, Nahum, and Habakkuk, Jeremiah, Lamentations, and Baruch, Ezekiel and Obadiah, Exile: Isaiah of Babylon, The Second Temple Period: Third Isaiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Joel and Jonah, and Conclusion. Joan E. Cook, SC, teaches Scripture at Georgetown University. She is the author of Hannah's Desire, God's Design: Early Interpretation of the Story of Hannah as well as numerous articles on biblical women and biblical prayer. |
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... Babylon or Second Isaiah ; and the prophets of the Persian period : Third Isaiah , Haggai , and Zechariah 1-8 . Next will ... Babylonian exile , and chapters 9-14 will be situated among the last prophets , probably as late as the third ...
... Babylonians in the early sixth century b.c.e. The designation calls attention to the Deuteronomistic perspective of the books ; that is , their similarity to Deuteronomy in terms of themes and basic presuppositions . Within that frame ...
... Babylon , the time will come when the people will again inhabit the land from which they were taken . 15. Prophetic Legend . This type of narrative recounts events in the life of the prophet that illustrate God's will being accomplished ...
... Babylonia and Syria . Thousands of tablets have been found in its royal palace . Of particular significance for a study ... Babylonian King Hammurabi ( Nissinen , Prophets and Prophecy , 13 ) . Messenger formulas indicate that the words ...
... Babylonian empire began its ascendancy ( Nissinen , Prophets and Prophecy , 97 ) . We know from these documents that many Assyrian prophets at the time were women . They were affiliated with the temples of Ishtar , and they reported her ...
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CHAPTER FOUR | 87 |
CHAPTER FIVE | 123 |
CHAPTER | 155 |
CHAPTER SEVEN | 189 |
CHAPTER EIGHT | 219 |
CHAPTER | 267 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN | 295 |
Conclusion | 305 |
Index of Biblical References | 311 |
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